South Atlantic patrol HMS Argyll saves the life of a Japanese fisherman in high seas
Sailors onboard the South Atlantic patrol Royal Navy HMS Argyll saved the life of a Japanese fisherman who had suffered a serious head injury off the coast of Africa. Approximately 20 miles off the Cape Verde coast she received news that a fisherman onboard the trawler Wakashio Maru No 82 had been seriously hurt in an accident 24 hours earlier.
The Plymouth-based warship immediately sprang into action, deploying her sea-boat and onboard medical officers to the Japanese trawler to assess the extent of the man’s injuries.
HMS Argyll’s doctor, Surgeon Lieutenant James Perry was quickly able to stabilize the head injury but realised the patient needed urgent hospital treatment. As a result, Argyll’s Lynx helicopter was dispatched to the scene, where the injured fisherman was carefully winched aboard and flown to the closest hospital in Praia, Cape Verde.
Flight Commander Lieutenant Ben Jewson, pilot Lieutenant John Phillips and winchman Leading Aircraft Engineering Technician Dan Carroll had to overcome the myriad of obstructions on the deck of the trawler to try and reach the injured man.
Once the fisherman was safely embarked, the Lynx flew to Praia where an ambulance was on standby to make the short sprint to the nearby hospital.
Following the rescue, HMS Argyll returned to her operations working alongside the Cape Verde Coast Guard and judicial forces before continuing her work with west African nations.
HMS Argyll’s Commanding Officer, Commander Tim Neild, said that as soon as the call came “our natural reflex to assist a fellow mariner kicked in. We were quickly able to assimilate all the information and put a comprehensive recovery plan in place.
“I am immensely proud of the way my ship’s company reacted to this short-notice tasking, which is a testament to the agility and flexibility of the modern Royal Navy, capable of dealing with rescues like this at one end of the spectrum all the way through to ‘whites of the eyes’ war-fighting at the other. I sincerely hope that the Japanese fisherman makes a full recovery”.
On completion of her tasking in the South Atlantic which includes the Falkland Islands and South Georgia among other places, the ship will undertake a number of important regional engagement visits before returning to her Devonport home in September 2013. (DN).-
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“NORTH Atlantic patrol HMS Argyll saves the life of a Japanese fisherman in high seas”
Approximately 20 miles off the Cape Verde coast................
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Topographic_map_of_Cape_Verde-en.svg
Don't tank me....
Brainwash anybody?
HMS Argyll is of Cape Verde carrying out duties in the NORTH Atlantic....
Brainwash anybody?
ALL armed Farces in the world are an embarrasment for the human race....
Including the Argentinean navy.
1. definately
Idiot-speak for “definitely”. One of the most common moronic misspellings found on the internet.
www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=definately
I take it then that you are using the common Argentine aproach .. deflection. You use my incorrect spelling to avoid answering the main thrust of my comment. And again the use of the Turnip word, not even amusing anymore. Masybe you would like to comment on the Argentine tax office giving the Falklands the status of BOT?
ALL armed Farces in the world are an embarrasment for the human race....
Including the Argentinean navy
Well Think you went all girly over them fit soldiers in shorts yesterday
Not ONE Englishman in sight
www.militarypentathlon.org/public/milpent/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=70&Itemid=59
I refer to a previous comment of my Scottish financial advisor...:
“Even the Argentinian Government recognises that the UK administers the Islands.”
en.mercopress.com/2013/03/20/for-argentina-s-tax-revenue-office-afip-malvinas-are-a-foreign-territory-most-probably-british#comment230155
Try to keep up with the rest, Turnip.
The Argentinian Government recognises the existence of a “De Facto” UK Colonial administration of the Islands.”
That's the pivotal point of the “Malvinas Issue”
The “De Facto” UK Colonial administration of the Islands.”
Do you get it now, Turnip?
You sound like one very angry turnip, or is it a manglewurzel or perhaps a swede.
The ship is on its way south, Think.
To the South Atlantic,
lnternational waters(that is NOT Argentine).
the fact is
once again
the ROYAL NAVY comes to the rescue.
Ahhhhh......You mean...:
HMS Argyll, on her way to the South Atlantic, saves the life of a Japanese fisherman in high seas.
Why didnt MercoPress write that in the first place?
Brainwash anybody?
Chuckle chuckle
Watching you get all 'angry' on these comment boards is highly amusing keep it up.
By the way, HMS Argyll is on patrol in the South Atlantic. I know you are not very good at geography, but the South Atlantic spans the distance from South America to Africa. The watery bit in the middle is the Atlantic, and it's south of the equator.
So the Royal Naval vessel is patrolling the South Atlantic.
And Argentina's navy is...sinking in dock, or only has enough money to put to sea for 10 days a year. Not much patrolling going on by Argentina, is there?
No wonder it's the Royal Navy always rescuing people in the South Atlantic, Argentina's navy is conspicious by it's absence.
Yes. You. Either that or you are developing some serious head problems. There is nothing wrong in this article at all. It states NOTHING incorrect.
“Why didnt MercoPress write that in the first place?”
Because....MercoPress DID say that...It quite clearly states where the ship is and never once states that it is in the south Atlantic. It even goes as far to tell you where it is going up until December this year..
@3 Amazing! Someone doesn't realise that sailing from important Isles in the North Atlantic, a ship has to sail through the North Atlantic to get to the South Atlantic.
@5 To the best of my knowledge, argieland is the only place in the world that really does have armed Farces! Even the Falkland Islands has proper soldiers.
@10 Relevance?
@12 Strange. “de facto” is Latin. It is generally accepted by intelligent, educated people that a Latin phrase in an English sentence is either shown in italics or in inverted commas. Nobody with a brain “capitalises” such words.
@13 HMS Argyll recently underwent a major refit. A new main gun, upgrades to the Sea Wolf missile system, new mounts for more small-calibre weapons, 2 new diesel generators and a new gas turbine engine. And so that argies can see what a proper Navy ship can do, it floats!
Article's title reads...:
“South Atlantic patrol HMS Argyll saves the life of a Japanese fisherman in high seas”
Article's title is misleading....
Remember “Freddie Starr ate my hamster” ?
Brainwash anybody?
HMS Argyll is indeed the current “South Atlantic Patrol Vessel” - just that she has to transit through - and naturally enough excercuse with her allies in those parts of the North Atlantic en route - still means she is designated as the S.A . Patrol ship though!
You really have been upset and rattled by the referendum implications - with all this ranting about English everything, Pope allegedly to mediate etc and now this little rant.
Think, if you are mislead, it is your own cognitive functioning that is misleading you rather than the article you are posting on.
The article is extremely clear and and precise with it's information it goes as far to mention where the ship was as many as three times and then even provides an entire paragraph informing you where it is, and where it is going next.
Poor excuse for a troll, not thought out well at all.
Its not misleading,
Its how you interpret it,
Example
Pacific fleet saves fishermen in the estuary.
Does this mean its no longer the pacific fleet because its in the Thames..
mmmmm
.
His world is tilting in a direction that he doesn't like.
The malvinistas were just so sure that “the whole world” supported them & now find that in harsh reality that hardly anyone does.
Quite possibly, Venezuela will head off on a new direction now that Chavez has kicked the bucket.
l would have thought that Argentina would have a lot more to worry about than our lslands.
Get over it, malvinistas, you'll never get OUR(that is to say: NOT YOURS) Islands.
Not only are you the only Turnip here, but your also a stupid hypocrite. You have the nerve to correct others spelling mistakes when you, in post 5, can not even spell the word “embarrassment” correctly. As you can see, it has 2 “S” not 1!!
And the “Armed Farces”
he's certainly not as smart as he “thinks” he is.
Nope it don't “Think” he is lol
Sooo.......
You liked my “Armed Farces” too, huhhhhhh?
Good girl ;-)
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